Claws and Paws: Scallops with dots

I'm still crazy about my dotting tool. This week, I did a manicure inspired by this Pinterest find:

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I did two layers of the OPI grey on my nails, then did the scallops with my dotting tool and OPI Kiss Me on My Tulips. I used the pink to color in the rest of the scalloped edge, and went back with the grey and my dotting tool to do the accent dots.

I like the accent nail, but I guess not everyone is into it. Several people have complimented me on my nails, and then said, "but why is that one a different color?"

In other news, I'm in week 2 of Couch to 5k! And I didn't die yet! I'm hoping that coaching rugby has kept me in decent enough shape that I can do the whole Couch to 5k program without too much pain. I only have a week and a half left in rugby season, so soon I'll be able to fit my running into my schedule more easily. I can't believe the year is drawing to a close already! There are only 28 days of school left before summer. Ahh! I'm trying not to panic about not landing a job yet, and focus on happy things (like knitting and cats).

Weekend Recap: 4/20-4/22

I love weekends. I get to sleep in, and most weekends I get to see my boyfriend! The best part of all: Soooo much knitting time. There are some weekends where I barely leave the couch because I'm so into my knitting projects. Lately, I've had to split my attention between knitting and watching the hockey playoffs (Go Caps!).

During my spare time on Friday, I was playing with these great wallpapers from Smashing Magazine. I wanted a cute bunting wallpaper for my iphone, but I didn't like the dark brown background it had. So I used some handy dandy photo editing, and this is what I came up with:

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The cutting wasn't perfect, so I may go back and clean it up. But I love the bunting and the cheerful colors!

Couch to 5k: Week 1, Day 1

Last year I inspired convinced forced my roommate to start running with me. I figured it would be good to get away from our student teaching and endless internet games, and run in circles around the tiny (1/10 mi.) elevated track at our school's gym. Despite our best attempts to fail (food poisoning, student teaching, extreme laziness), we worked our way up to running 5k! For those non-science-y people, that's ~3.1 miles. I never got in the habit of working out on a regular basis until last year's C25k, and I enjoyed it a lot. Okay, that's a lie. I hated every step of running. But I loved how I felt afterwards. When I moved back home for the summer, I didn't have my roommate around to run with, and I stopped. For a few months now I've been telling myself to start again, and I'm finally pulling the trigger. Apparently standing around as a coach while your players practice for 2 hours doesn't count as fitness?